The Lamented

Synopsis

Prepare for edge-of-your-seat suspense in this Thriller Short.

Originally published in THRILLER 2 (2009),edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author Clive Cussler.

In this enticing Thriller Short, bestselling author Lawrence Light shows that dead isn’t always dead. Brad Action has been dead a year. Gunned down on the doorstep of his palatial house in Haddonfield, New Jersey, by hired killer Joe Dogan. With Brad out of the way, high-level county official Robert Stagg has things going his way. Or so he thinks. Only dead isn’t dead…not when it’s Brad. He promised to clean up the drug-ridden, gang-run inner-city, and he always keeps a promise.

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